Reports: Eagles will hire Schwartz as DC

Schwartz met with new Eagles coach Doug Pederson Tuesday morning. He also recently interviewed with the Jaguars.

Banks reported that a deal between the Eagles and Schwartz is not yet signed but an agreement is in place.

Schwartz, 49, was the Lions head coach from 2009-13 and was the Bills defensive coordinator in 2014. He was not retained after Doug Marrone bailed on the Bills and Rex Ryan took over and didn’t work in the NFL last season.

Schwartz was also previously the defensive coordinator for the Titans from 2001-08.

I swear, if the Eagles announced after the Super Bowl that they had convinced Bill Belichick to leave the Patriots and coach them and that he was bringing both his coordinators, plus Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski with him, people on here would still say it was a terrible hire.

I can excuse the Doug Pederson criticism, because I can’t expect the average commenter to know very much about a coordinator on a team that doesn’t appear in prime time 5 times a year, despite the fact that matching record for record he is every bit as qualified as Adam Gase, whom all of you wanted.

But to knee-jerk criticize the Schwartz hiring is just ridiculous. Do you think the Bills fans wish he were still there? Schwartz is a very solid hire, and if you don’t think so, quite frankly you don’t know what you are talking about.

Correct me if I’m wrong but you have hired a 4-3 DC with a roster full of 3-4 talent. This will take like 3-4 years to rebuild that side of the ball. You also have an offense which needs to be rebuilt after all the talent was run out of town. This team won’t compete for a good number of years.

Good luck under Howie Roseman! You’ll need it during these upcoming tough times.

joetoronto says:Jan 19, 2016 2:47 PM

He is a great coordinator. Immediately turned Pettine’s good not great defense elite in Buffalo. That same defense immediately turned mediocre under Rex who runs a Pettine-esque scheme. Big win for the Eagels.

Eagles defense has 4-3 talent not the other way around. Chip tried using Cox, Graham, Curry, and Logan in a 3-4 that did not let them maximize their potential..and for those to say Schwartz is a bad hire ,don’t know jack….When he was in Buffalo, they were 4th in points and yards allowed and were 4-0 against NFC North teams…. After Marrone bounced, Rex cleaned house and their defense regressed as you saw this season. He was offered the Dolphins DC position but declined

They’ll (probably) be much better with Cox and Logan at the 3 & Graham and Curry on the edge not having to worry about coverage. Might need to find a bigger MLB, but the rest of the positions match up pretty well.